Gibbs, Tan both win in the qualifying tournament

Playing in a familiar setting on their home court, Stanford All-Americans Nicole Gibbs and Stacey Tan posted straight-set victories on Saturday afternoon, highlighting the opening day of singles qualifying action at the Bank of the West Classic.

The qualifying draw continues Sunday and is open to the public. Gibbs and Tan are scheduled to play the final matches of the day. Gibbs meets Ajla Tomljanovic in Taube Family Tennis Stadium and Tan squares off with Marie-Eve Pelletier on an outside court. The four final qualifiers will be determined Monday morning.

At the end of the day, it was Gibbs and Tan advancing to Sunday. However, their victories should not come as much of a surprise, as Gibbs picked up a win during last year's qualifying round before a Sunday loss while Tan shocked Nicole Vaidisova, who was ranked No. 7 at the time, in 2009, before dropping her second match.

Both players have also excelled during their brief time at the college level, earning All-America accolades. Gibbs recently wrapped her freshman season at 46-6 overall and 27-0 in duals while Tan was the NCAA Singles Championships runner-up, while becoming only the 10th unseeded player to appear in the final.

Ahn dropped a 7-5, 6-0 decision to Abigail Spears while Tsay played well in a hard-fought 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 loss to Sheng-Nan Sun.